top news stories 12-15-11

1. marijuana flung from car pelts oregon trooper- An Oregon state trooper says he was giving chase at more than 100 mph when suspects in the car ahead ripped open half-pound bags of marijuana and began flinging it out of the window.Between the car and what officers found along the interstate, Core says, five pounds of pot was retrieved
2. 20 rescued, seven hospitalized after idaho mine collasped-  All 20 miners working at the Lucky Friday mine in Mullan, Idaho, on Wednesday night have been rescued after a collapse triggered fears that staff had been buried underground.The Sheriff's Office said seven people had been transported to an area hospital by ground and air ambulance. Their condition was not immediately known.
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